The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpar
Chairman Franz Josef Strauß in 1976
CSU meeting in 2018
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany, active in only 15 of 16 states, as its "sister party" Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
…democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany. Founded in 1945, the CSU is considered the de facto successor of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian…
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "We cannot do magic — but we can work/do our job. Help us. Vote for CDU. Germany is at stake!"
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "The Rescue: CDU"
Poster for the 1957 West German federal election reading "No experiments" and featuring then Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. This was the only federal election in which the CDU obtained an absolute majority in the Bundestag.
East German CDU leader Lothar de Maizière (left) with West German CDU leader Helmut Kohl in September 1990